SMC baseball player accused of attempted sexual assault

Published: Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 10:21 a.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 10:21 a.m.

A Spartanburg Methodist College baseball player is accused of attempting to rape a woman at Campus Core Apartments early Friday.

Taylor Randall Childers, 19, of Royston, Ga., is charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, according to arrest warrants and a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office incident report.

Authorities say Childers and some other men were drinking at the female victim's apartment with her and her roommates. After the men left, Childers is accused of returning at about 1:30 a.m. and removing the victim's jacket and tank top as she slept on the couch.

According to the incident report, the woman told Childers to stop, and when he went to the kitchen, the victim thought he got a knife. Childers is accused of returning to the living room, lifting the woman off the couch and dropping her. The woman told investigators that Childers became upset, punching her in the face several times before she scratched his face.

Childers ran out of the apartment naked, the incident report states, and authorities later found his clothes inside the living room. He was arrested early Sunday morning and remains at the Spartanburg County jail.

<p>A Spartanburg Methodist College baseball player is accused of attempting to rape a woman at Campus Core Apartments early Friday.</p><p>Taylor Randall Childers, 19, of Royston, Ga., is charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, according to arrest warrants and a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office incident report.</p><p>Authorities say Childers and some other men were drinking at the female victim's apartment with her and her roommates. After the men left, Childers is accused of returning at about 1:30 a.m. and removing the victim's jacket and tank top as she slept on the couch.</p><p>According to the incident report, the woman told Childers to stop, and when he went to the kitchen, the victim thought he got a knife. Childers is accused of returning to the living room, lifting the woman off the couch and dropping her. The woman told investigators that Childers became upset, punching her in the face several times before she scratched his face.</p><p>Childers ran out of the apartment naked, the incident report states, and authorities later found his clothes inside the living room. He was arrested early Sunday morning and remains at the Spartanburg County jail.</p>